Bruce Bond

Bruce Bond is the author of nine books of poetry, most recently Choir of the Wells (Etruscan, 2013), The Visible (LSU, 2012), Peal (Etruscan, 2009), and Blind Rain (LSU, 2008). In addition he has two other books forthcoming: The Other Sky(poems in collaboration with the painter Aron Wiesenfeld, Etruscan) and For the Lost Cathedral (LSU). He is a Regents Professor of English at the University of North Texas and Poetry Editor for American Literary Review.

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